In Dreams: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits

In Dreams: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits Artist: Roy Orbison
Label: Orbison Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 633251333322
EAN: 0633251333322
ASIN: B000005C17


Release Date: 1997-10-21

In Dreams: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits


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Tracks:

  1. Only The Lonely
  2. Leah
  3. In Dreams
  4. Uptown
  5. It's Over
  6. Crying
  7. Dream Baby
  8. Blue Angel
  9. Working For The Man
  10. Candy Man
  11. Running Scared
  12. Falling
  13. I'm Hurtin'
  14. Claudette
  15. Oh, Pretty Woman
  16. Mean Woman Blues
  17. Ooby Dooby
  18. Lana
  19. Blue Bayou

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Best!!.......2007-02-14

If you've ever heard Roy Orbison sing, then this review is not needed. I've had all his recordings and though there are ones that are better than others, there is not a bad one in the bunch!! This CD is no exception. It has his greatest, most heart rendering selections plus a few 'feel good' tunes also.

If you have never heard Roy Orbison sing, then you should have this album just for the sheer joy of hearing something you have never heard before and will never hear anywhere else again!

4 out of 5 stars Re-recorded and oh my, it sounds great!.......2006-01-07

First got a hold of this back in the 80s in the midst of building a collection of rock and roll's founding fathers. Miffed upon learning these were re-recordings, I considered returning it. After a few hearings, though, I began to think I purchased a real gem.

Roy's voice had matured by the time "In Dreams" was cut, but had lost none of its pitch or resonance. In fact, one could argue that he was in full bloom as a singer here. Put aside, for a moment, the original Orbison recordings. Of course nothing can replace them -- they're history. But taken in its own measure, "In Dreams" gives you faithful performances of Roy's greatest songs with excellent production quality.

"In Dreams" contains neither schmaltz nor schlock nor the reverb-less Jeff Lynne sound that characterized Roy's work with the Travelling Wilburys. "Only the Lonely," "Leah," "Running Scared," and "Ooby Dooby" are still ghostly and still send shivers down the spine.

If not authentic, it is quite true to the original source matter. Kudos to Roy (R.I.P.) for keeping faith with the strength of his original arrangements and sound. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Orbison Revisits Himself...and Still Shines..........2005-03-05

I purchased this album as an LP when it was first released in 1987. I was glad at the time that the original arrangements were retained for the new digital recordings of Orbison's biggest hits. As for the vocal performances, while the original 50's and 60's recordings capture a certain vulnerable quality to Roy's voice (especially in his ballads) that helped give those songs such atmosphere and urgency, these later recordings show him to be in the best voice of his storied career, stronger throughout his wide range and with richer timbre. If the ballads do not have quite the interpretive freshness of the originals, the sheer beauty of the vocals compenates. If anything, the up-tempo numbers are perhaps more infectious in these versions---Orbison sings with real verve; one gets the impression he really enjoyed this recording project. In the end, there is really little to quibble with between these recordings and the originals. In either case, Orbison is fully revealed as both a master songsmith and vocalist. Purchase both and be twice as happy!

5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2005-02-14

IF this is the same album that I have on cassette, it is GREAT. This was the first Roy Orbison album that I had ever bought, except there is a big differance from what is pictured here; mine has a blue cover with a surrealistic, dream-like scene at a Drive-In with a pink caddilac. It has an Intro by Bruce Springsteen in the liner notes. It was put out in 1987 by Virgin Records. But I must belive that somehow these albums are one and the same. I am lead to this conclusion beacuse the tracks are identical, and in the same order. In addition to that, I cannot believe that a recording of this magnitude would simply disappear.

If somebody has any knowledge of these possible changes in label and cover design, please let me know. I would like to be certain that these two are one and the same before I place an order.

Back to the review; this is a great album, it is my understanding that this got started when they were making the movie 'Blue Velvet' and they wanted to use 'In Dreams' as a promonent song in the movie, but they wanted Roy to re-record it to fit their needs. I guess that he got so much positive feedback from that one song he decided to make an entire album.

My experiance is the exact opposite of some of the reviewers here. Like I said this was my first Orbison album, and it was on cassette. Many years later when I was replacing my entire collection with CD's, I picked up Roy's greatest hits (the original recordings), by now I was so used to the re-recorded songs that to me THEY were the original recordings, and the real originals were not as desirable to me.

Ever since then I've been looking for this particular CD. Now finally it looks like the mystery has been solved. I am just curious as to why they would take what I consider to be a more attractive cover and replace it with one that is less attractive, that makes little sense to me.

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